Cooking-pot cover.



C. A. FORD.

COOKING POT COVER.

APPLIOATIONVIILED DEO.16, 1912.

1,00,905., Patented DecJQ, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGR DN D C CHARLES A. FORD, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COOKING-POT COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedDec. 9, 1913.

Application filed December 16, 1912. Serial No. 737,152.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FORD, citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking-Pot Covers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a novel attachment for the covers ofcooking pots, saucepans, and like containers, whereby the cover can bereadily removed at any time, although it is held securely in positionwhen the container or pot is tilted for the purpose of draining thesame.

It is customary at the present time when pouring 01f hot or boilingliquids from vegetables or other food which has been cooked in a pot orsaucepan, to hold the cover in position with a towel and to tilt the potor saucepan so as to permit the boiling water to drain from the same.This very frequently results in burning or scalding the fingers, and theobject of the invention has been to overcome this objection by theprovision of an attachment which is adapted to be applied to the coverand which will serve to hold the cover in position when the receptacleis tilted for drainingwater from the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cover attachment ofthis character which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in itsconstruction, which will operate in an efiective manner to hold thecover in position when the pot or saucepan is tilted to drain the same,and which can be adjusted to fit any size of cover.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fullyappear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof beingpointed out in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a cooking pot and cover, the cover being providedwith an attachment constructed in accordance with the present invention.Fig. 2 is a sectional view through one of the arms of the coverretaining clamp, portions of the cover and kettle being shown insection. Fig. 3 is a view showing the position assumed by the parts whenthe kettle is tilted for the purpose of draining the same. Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view showing a modified construction of theinvention, pprtions being broken away, and Fig. 5 is a detail viewshowing a still further modificaion.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the samereference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a conventionalcooking pot or container, and 2 the usual cover for the same. An angularstock 3 is applied to the cover, the said stock being formed with a pairof arms which are disposed at an obtuse angle to each other.

At the junction of the two angularly disposed arms an opening isprovided for the reception of a fastening member such as the bolt 4.This bolt is adapted to pass through the usual opening provided at the.center of the cover 2 for the purpose of securing the stock 3 to thecover, the inner end of the bolt being capped by a nut 5. A finger piece6 is applied to the head of the bolt 4, the said finger piece beingformed by coiling a suitable piece of wire to provide two spaced andsubstantially complete convolutions, the middle portion of the coiledwire being seated within the kerf 7 of the head of the bolt 4, while theextremities of the wire are curved around the base of the bolt at 8-.The coiled wire finger piece is thus interlocked with the head of thebolt so that it can be employed as a handle for turning the bolt whenapplying the attachment to a cover or removing it therefrom, it beingmerely necessary to hold the nut 5 and to screw the bolt 4 into or outof engagement with the same. This form of handle or finger piece 6 has ayielding action which admits of a firm grip being readily obtained uponthe same, and is also self cooling owing to the large portion thereofwhich is exposed to the air. It also has the further advantage ofenabling a fork or similar implement to be employed for removing thecover should the finger piece or handle ever become so hot as to renderit uncomfortable to handle the same.

Each of the angularly disposed arms of the stock 3 has a slide 9 mountedthereon. the said slide being provided at the end thereof with a hookedfinger 10 which is adapted. to engage the bead 1 at the upper edge ofthe cooking pot 1. The slides 9 are adjustably mounted upon the angulararms ing screws being capped by the clamping nuts 13. Then theseclamping nuts 13 are loosened, the slides 9 can be freely adjusted uponthe angularly disposed arms of the stock to fit the cover, while whenthe clamping nuts are tightened, the slides are held securely inposition.

When the attachment has been applied to the cover, it will result inproviding a pair of hooked fingers at one side thereof. As indicated byFig. 3, these hooked fingers 10 are designed to be disposed at the topof the cover when the cooking pot or container 1 is tilted to drain thesame, and to engage the beaded edge l of the cooking pot to retain thecover in position. This admits of boiling water or liquid being readilypoured from Vegetables or other articles which may have been cooked inthe pot or kettle without the necessity of touching the cover with thehands or manually holding it in position.

A modification is shown in Fig. 4, in which the stock and hooked fingersare formed of wire. The stock 3 is formed from a single length of wirewhich is looped upon itself at an intermediate point, as indicated at 3to provide an opening for the reception of the fastening bolt 4, the twoarms of the stock diverging from each other at an angle as in theprevious instance. The slides 9 are adjustably mounted upon the outerends of the arms of the stock, the said slides being provided withhooked fingers. 10 which act as in the previous instance to engage thebeaded edge of the cooking pot to hold the cover in position when thepot is tilted. For the purpose of adjustably connecting the slides 9 tothe arms of the stock 3*, sleeves 15 are provided which loosely receiveboth the arms and the slides. Clamping screws 16 are threaded in thesleeves 15 and after the slides have been properly adjusted upon thearms of the stock these clamping screws are tightly screwed to retainthe members securely in position.

A still further modification is shown in Fig. 5, in which the hookedfingers 10 are riveted or otherwise rigidly connected to the edges ofthe cover 2, as indicated at 17. A pair of these hooked fingers 1O wouldbe disposed at one side of the cover, so as to act as in the previousinstance to hold the cover in position when the kettle or pot is tiltedto drain the same. Attention is directed to the fact, however, that whenthe pot or kettle is in an upright position, the attachment does notinterfere with removing the cover and placing it in position in theusual manner.

Having thus described the invention, what I claimas new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An attachmentfor the covers of pots and kettles including an integralstock comprising a pair of arms disposed at .an angle to each other,means at the junction of the arms for securing the stock to the centralportion of the top of the cover so that the arms will radiate from thecenter ofthe cover upon one side thereof, and hooked fingers carried bythe extremities of the arms, the said hooked fingers extending aroundthe edge of the cover and being adapted to engage the beaded upper edgeof the pot upon the side thereof remote from the turning spout of thepot so as to retain the cover in position when the pot is tilted todrain the contents thereof.

2. An attachment for the covers of pots and kettles including anintegral stock comprising a pair of arms disposed at an angle to eachother, means at the junction of the arms for securing the stock to thetop of the cover at the center thereof so that the arms will radiatefrom the center of the ;cover toward one side thereof, a slide ad-{justably mounted upon each of the arms, and a hooked finger at theextremity of each jof the slides, the said hooked fingers being adaptedto extend around the edge of the cover and to engage the beaded upperedge of the kettle upon'the side thereof remote from the turning spoutso as to retain the cover in position when the kettle is tilted to drainthe contents thereof.

3. An attachment for the covers of pots andkettles, including a stockcomprising a applied to the clamping screws, and a hooked finger at theextremity of each of the slides, the said hooked fingers extendingaround the edge of the cover and being adapted to engage the bead at theupper iedge'of the kettle upon the side thereof remote from the turningspout so as to retain the cover in position when the kettle is tilted todrain the contents thereof.

4. An attachment for the covers of pots and kettles,including anintegral stock comprising a pair of arms disposed at an angle to eachotherand constructed at their junction for engagement with the handle ofthe cover so that the arms will radiate from When the kettle is tiltedto drain the con- 10 the center of the cover upon one side theretentsthereof.

of, and hooked fingers carried by the eX- In testimony whereof I affixmy signature tremities of the arms, the said hooked in presence of tWoWitnesses. fingers extending around the edge of the CHARLES A FORD coverand being adapted to engage the beaded upper edge of the pot upon theside Witnesses:

thereof remote from the turning spout of the CHARLES B. TRIPP, pot so asto retain the cover in position EDWARD O. PALKER.

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